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The Spell of the Sensuous
The Spell of the Sensuous
David Abram

The Spell of the Sensuous

Sale price$1.00

From the Mother Tongue Rewilding & Enchantment collection.

Nominated by Design Strategist & Gallerist
Mitch Jafery

"Time to lick stone, crunch grass, and taste the wind. Let's speak to the earth again, and listen to her roar back." 

Animal tracks, word magic, the speech of stones, the power of letters, and the taste of the wind all figure prominently in this intellectual tour de force that returns us to our senses and to the sensuous terrain that sustains us. This major work of ecological philosophy startles the senses out of habitual ways of perception.

In The Spell of the Sensuous, David Abram draws on sources as diverse as the philosophy of Merleau-Ponty, Balinese shamanism, Apache storytelling, and his own experience as an accomplished sleight-of-hand of magician to reveal the subtle dependence of human cognition on the natural environment. He explores the character of perception and excavates the sensual foundations of language, which--even at its most abstract--echoes the calls and cries of the earth.

Borrow, share, exchange as you wish, and return by the end of the season on February 6th. Pick up at the gallery anytime, and return and swap for a new book of your choosing. To our global friends - online borrowing is possible, just pay for the shipping there and back. 

The Mother Tongue Library is a love letter to the thinkers, writers, and artists who’ve given us the language of courage when we needed it most. 
The Spell of the Sensuous
The Spell of the Sensuous Sale price$1.00